Railway-tie.



W. W. GREEN. 1

RAILWAY Tm.

APILIOATZOH FILED HA1'3,

Patented Oct. 11,1910.

@ntor:

' the following" is a speeitit'ation.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

' WILLIAM w. GREEN, or NILES, MICHIGAN.

RAILWAY-Tm.

I and eheapen eonstrm-tions of this type and to oii'ierwise innit-ortthe same To sin-h ends. this invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement. a desrription of which will be found in the following speeitieation, and the. essential features of whieh will be more partieuiarly defined in the appended claims. The invention is elearly illustrated in the drawings furni hed herewith. ot'" whieh- Figure l is a pel'-'pl*lti\'tview of the prefern-d form of my improved tie. Fig. 2 is; a

longitudinal set-lion ot" a fragnu-nt thereof,

' Fig. t is. a vertit-al moss set-lion taken on the ,line l of Fig. and Fig. 4 is a sectional per peetive view of a modified form of filler. Referring to the drawings. 10,10, are the .side plates of the tie. which plates may be 'forna-d in any suitable! manner. and as shown omprise angle ironsx the vertical flange ll of nbi h lorm the sides of the, tie and horizontal flanges, 1;, Form a widened base therefor. llet ween the side plates 10, is a tiller l3, and said tiller and side plates are secured together by suitable set-tiring: means here shown in'thet'orm of bolts and nuts 14, 15, the bolts extending through the vertical tlai'iges: 11, of the side plates. and through the tiller and being clamped in place by the nuts 15. y

The tiller may comprise any suitable inaterial or substanee and in the preferred form I have shown blot-ks ot wood l 'v. at tln; ends of the tie and a body of emn-l'ete -17. plaeed between said blot-ks lt. The height tit the filler is preterahlv made substantially the same as that ol' the side plates It), in order that the upper l'ai'e th reof may be tlnsh with the upper edges ol the side plates. and l have found it convenient to bevel the inner or adiatent ends l ol the. wooden blot-LS as shown in Fig. 2. so that the weight. of the. body of i'ulnl'eltbetween them will be substantiallv varrit-d by said beveled ends.

Specification of Letters Patent. A lication filed May 3. 1909. Serial No. 493,510.

although this form is not essential to my invention. broadly speak-mg. One or more of the bolts 14, Should pass througlrthe eonerete body so as to prevent its aeeidental displzn'ement.

'l'ie plates 19. are plat-ed upon the tie and receive the rails .20, and said tie plates: are preferably seen-red upon the tie by means of bolts and nuts 21. which bolts pass through downwardly extending: flanges 22, ofthe tie plates 19, and through the tie. The most eonvement way of fastening the railsto the ties is: by means ofvspil-zes 22. Spike holes :23 may he. provided in the tie plat s through which the spikes may be driven into the tiller. 1t ISJNSIlEQCtl) obvious that the spike I Patented Oct. 11 1910.

holes: 23, may be omitted from. the tie plates,

and the spikes driven into the ties immediately ad acent to the tie plates. or notches may be substituted in place of the openings '23, through which the spikes may bedriven.

If desired pads 2% ol soft material sueh as fiber. eard boartLor the like may be placed between the ie plates and the tie for the purpose of absorbing part of the shoek due to the passing of the trains over the rails.

These pads, however, may be omitted and r the tie plate arranged to rest directly upon the upper edges of the flang s 1t, and the upper faces of the filler 13. I have shown end pit-res secured to the side plates 10,

and said end pieces cover the ends of the tiller and protect the same.

Instead of" the particular armngement, above set forth, the tiller may of coarse comprise a single body of material such as conerete, wood or the like, or any other suitable substance may be plaeed between the side plates to act, as the filler and in Fig. 4 I have illustrated a filler 13, which is made up of some such material as concrete. asphalt,

or other lnoldable substance In this ease it;

is preferable to provide spike holes 26, for the spikes and this may be done by molding the substanee around pins of smaller diameter than the spikes and then withdrawiin the pins from the tiller before they have had time to heeome too tirmlv eml'wddedtherein. When this sort of tiller is used, it is obvious that the spikes may be driven into the spike holes of less diameter, and that when driven therein, will hold the tie securely in plaee by reason of their t'rietional eontaetwith the walls of the spike holes.

It is evident that. the tie plates may be positioned upon'the tie at. the factory where the ties :ii'e made, and that the work of spacing the rails upon the ties in the construction of the track is thereby avoided. Furthermore, that only short blocks of wood are required to rece ve the spikes,- the, remainder" of the filler belng made up of other suitable material;

I realize that various alterations and modifications of this device are possible without departing from thGfSPlllt of my mvention, and 1 do not therefore desireto limitmyself tothe exact details of construcion siown ant described.

I claim as new and desire to secure lay-Letters Patent: v i

1. A railway tie, comprising, in conibinu tiou, angle"iron side plates, arranged with their horizontal flanges extending out from the body of the tie to form a widened base, wooden end blocks between said side plates which have downwardly and inwardly sloping inner ends and a composite body having ends eo iik sponding with the inner ends of the end blocks and resting thereon.

2. A rallway tlecompnsing, in combination, a pair of angle iron side plates ar ranged with their horizontal flanges to ex- 7 tend out from the bottom of the main body, a central composite body and Wooden end blocks between said side plates, end plates secured to, the side..plates, individual tie. plates arranged over the wooden end blocks and having down turned flanges embracing.

thererlical flanges of the side plates and CHM-{LES 0. Summer. 

